Immigration Forum / USA / July 2007

I'm a citizen.  My wife has been a permanent resident for the past  3
months.
Is it 1 year or 3 ?
TIA

Ive been quitely sulking for 6 months now waiting for 1-129 finance
petition to be approved. My finance is in the US whilst I am here
waiting in the UK, the last time we saw each other was in January and
believe me its been tough staying positive for all this time, anyway I

What constitutes a disallowed marriage for obtaining a fiancee or a
mariage visa? By this I mean what precisely is a fake marriage?
Clearly if someone gets in a marriage so that another can obtain a
green card it is disallowed. But can a person marry a person from

I have friend from Australia who came to europe, on what I presume was
there 1 or 2 year stay allowance? They worked in restaurants and shops
etc. And I was just wandering how they were able to do this and if I
would be able to do this if I were to go to the States.

Hi, I have applied for K1 Visa this May 2007 which is still under
processing. My Fiance is a permanent resident of US and we intend to
get married as per the K1 procedure.
My Company wants to send me to US on a project on H1 visa now.

Am a green card holder since 1999 (got it thru lottery) and most of
the time stayed overseas and made very short regular visits into the
USA every year till today.  Now I just decided to permanently
physically stay and work in the USA for good.  Just last month I re-

Hello Expats Community,
Pleasant Day everyone!
       When I applied for my Tourist VISA as per invitation of my son
       now in the United states, I indicated in DS 156/157 application

Hi - I am a gay man whose partner now works in California. I wish to
retire next year and spend more time out there with him. We have been
together 11 years and were Civilly Partnered in the UK last year when
this became law. I know the USA will not recognise this.

Just saw a note on the Visa Bulletin site that the US Govt are not going
to issue further authorizations for EB related green cards until October
http://travel.state.gov/visa/frvi/bulletin/bulletin_3263.html

I came to the US from the UK on the 90 days tourist waiver visa to visit
my pregnant girlfriend. The visa will be expired in about a month. Does
anybody know if i can either extend or renew or apply for any other
types of visas?? i originally intended to travel to canada for a day ...

I'm about to file for a J1 waiver against the 2yr HRR and was
hoping someone could give me advice on what to include in my
"Statement of Reason".
Any information would be a great help! (eg length / content!)

Put the champagne on ice.
http://travel.state.gov/visa/frvi/bulletin/bulletin_3263.html

Hi, I filed I-90 application to replace my GC and got the appoinment
letter while I was overseas and obviously missed the appoinment.
What should I do now ? Should I send a reschedule request to USCIS and
explain that I wiil be back in  US in late August and could they

Here's a contradiction in the perspective of lax immigration supporters:
They complain about racism and cultural chauvanism in the "anti-immigration"
crowd, but: they often say that we need the massive illegal immigration or
guest-worker program because "American's won't do the ...

I am sure most of you are aware of the price hike for most immigration
application after July 30th.  Believe me, I am trying to get mine in as
early as I can, however I have one difficult problem,  in the N400 form,
where we are asked if we are current with our taxes or do we owe ...